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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, ah, how often do you visit these childless aunts, OP? I'm thinking pretty much never?[/quote]

Op here. No one lives near them. We have a couple kids, bro/SIL have more.

I saw the hometown couple each year 1-5x a year for 25 years and holidays.

As a married adult with kids I saw one set 1-2x a year when in hometown and the other 1-2x a year when in their town during work trips.

My brother never saw the out of town one. He works full time in a senior position with lots of travel.

But his wife did some schmoozing behind the scenes the last 5+ years with each aunt. Most of it not in person, we all live 1000-4000 miles from one another. [/quote]schmoozed or stayed in touch?  [/quote]

What’s wrong with schmoozing and writing gushy letters, offering up a listening phone call, inviting everyone to fly over to visit, and sending cute care packages to other people’s aunts? [/quote]The isn’t anything wrong with staying in touch, writing letters or sending care packages.  In fact, it is how people stayed in touch with each other before social media. That is caring.  I wouldn’t call it schmoozing.  Schmoozing is networking at a cocktail party. [/quote]

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